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<h4 class="subsection">6.34.8 MeP Variable Attributes</h4>

<p>The MeP target has a number of addressing modes and busses.  The
<code>near</code> space spans the standard memory space&rsquo;s first 16 megabytes
(24 bits).  The <code>far</code> space spans the entire 32-bit memory space.
The <code>based</code> space is a 128-byte region in the memory space that
is addressed relative to the <code>$tp</code> register.  The <code>tiny</code>
space is a 65536-byte region relative to the <code>$gp</code> register.  In
addition to these memory regions, the MeP target has a separate 16-bit
control bus which is specified with <code>cb</code> attributes.
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<dt><code>based</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-based-variable-attribute_002c-MeP"></a>
<p>Any variable with the <code>based</code> attribute is assigned to the
<code>.based</code> section, and is accessed with relative to the
<code>$tp</code> register.
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<dt><code>tiny</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-tiny-variable-attribute_002c-MeP"></a>
<p>Likewise, the <code>tiny</code> attribute assigned variables to the
<code>.tiny</code> section, relative to the <code>$gp</code> register.
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<dt><code>near</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-near-variable-attribute_002c-MeP"></a>
<p>Variables with the <code>near</code> attribute are assumed to have addresses
that fit in a 24-bit addressing mode.  This is the default for large
variables (<code>-mtiny=4</code> is the default) but this attribute can
override <code>-mtiny=</code> for small variables, or override <code>-ml</code>.
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<dt><code>far</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-far-variable-attribute_002c-MeP"></a>
<p>Variables with the <code>far</code> attribute are addressed using a full
32-bit address.  Since this covers the entire memory space, this
allows modules to make no assumptions about where variables might be
stored.
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<dt><code>io</code></dt>
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<dt><code>io (<var>addr</var>)</code></dt>
<dd><p>Variables with the <code>io</code> attribute are used to address
memory-mapped peripherals.  If an address is specified, the variable
is assigned that address, else it is not assigned an address (it is
assumed some other module assigns an address).  Example:
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<pre class="smallexample">int timer_count __attribute__((io(0x123)));
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<dt><code>cb</code></dt>
<dt><code>cb (<var>addr</var>)</code></dt>
<dd><a name="index-cb-variable-attribute_002c-MeP"></a>
<p>Variables with the <code>cb</code> attribute are used to access the control
bus, using special instructions.  <code>addr</code> indicates the control bus
address.  Example:
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<pre class="smallexample">int cpu_clock __attribute__((cb(0x123)));
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